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nurture
English
Alternative forms
- nouriture (obsolete)
- nutriture (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English norture, noriture, from Old French norriture, norreture, from Late Latin nutritura (“nourishment”), from Latin nutrire (“to nourish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n???.t???/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t??(?)
Noun
nurture (countable and uncountable, plural nurtures)
- The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care
- Synonyms: upbringing, raising, education, training
- That which nourishes; food; diet.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, A Veue of the Present State of Ireland
- Other great houses there be of the English in Ireland, which, through licentious conversing with the Irish, or marrying, or fostering with them or lack of meet nurture, or other such unhappy occasions, have degenerated from their ancient dignities and are now grown as Irish as O'Hanlon's breech, as the proverb there is.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, A Veue of the Present State of Ireland
- The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual (as opposed to "nature").
- 1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes
- A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise.
- 1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes
Translations
Verb
nurture (third-person singular simple present nurtures, present participle nurturing, simple past and past participle nurtured)
- To nourish or nurse.
- (figuratively, by extension) To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.
- 2009, UNESCO, The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Freshwater and International Law (the Interplay between Universal, Regional and Basin Perspectives), page 10, ?ISBN
- The relationships between universal norms and specific norms nurture the development of international law.
- 2009, UNESCO, The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Freshwater and International Law (the Interplay between Universal, Regional and Basin Perspectives), page 10, ?ISBN
Synonyms
- (figuratively, to encourage): See Thesaurus:nurture
Related terms
- nourish
- nourishment
- nurse
- nursery
- nurturance
- nutrient
- nutriment
- nutrition
- nutritional
- nutritious
- nutritive
Translations
Further reading
- nurture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- nurture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- U-turner, untruer
Middle English
Noun
nurture
- Alternative form of norture
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culture
English
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Wikiversity
Alternative forms
- kulcha
Etymology
From Middle French culture (“cultivation; culture”), from Latin cult?ra (“cultivation; culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of col? (“till, cultivate, worship”) (related to col?nus and col?nia), from Proto-Indo-European *k?el- (“to move; to turn (around)”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?lt???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?lt???/
Noun
culture (countable and uncountable, plural cultures)
- The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation.
- The beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.
- The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising of the accepted norms and values of a society.
- (anthropology) Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.
- (botany) Cultivation.
- http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/suffolk/grownet/flowers/sprgbulb.htm
- The Culture of Spring-Flowering Bulbs
- http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/suffolk/grownet/flowers/sprgbulb.htm
- (microbiology) The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.
- The growth thus produced.
- A group of bacteria.
- (cartography) The details on a map that do not represent natural features of the area delineated, such as names and the symbols for towns, roads, meridians, and parallels.
- (archaeology) A recurring assemblage of artifacts from a specific time and place that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society.
Derived terms
Related terms
- agriculture
Translations
Verb
culture (third-person singular simple present cultures, present participle culturing, simple past and past participle cultured)
- (transitive) to maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria) (compare cultivate)
- (transitive) to increase the artistic or scientific interest (in something) (compare cultivate)
Related terms
Translations
References
- culture at OneLook Dictionary Search
- culture in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "culture" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 87.
- culture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin cult?ra (“cultivation; culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of col? (“till, cultivate, worship”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?el- (“to move; to turn (around)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kyl.ty?/
Noun
culture f (plural cultures)
- crop
- culture (“arts, customs and habits”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “culture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Noun
culture f (plural culturis)
- culture
Related terms
- culturâl
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ure
Noun
culture f
- plural of cultura
Latin
Participle
cult?re
- vocative masculine singular of cult?rus
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kul?tu?e/, [kul??t?u.?e]
Verb
culture
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of culturar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of culturar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of culturar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of culturar.
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